Assassins Creed III - A Disastrous Letdown | 8 Years Later (Assassins Creed 3 Retrospective)

Alright... lets do this. Assassins Creed 3. So far in this series of retrospectives that I've done, I've only really spoken about games that I consider to be incredible. Which, y'know, just makes sense, because who wants to spend 2 weeks playing a game they hate for the 6th time. Well, apparently, I do, so today, as you can probably tell, we're gonna be looking back at the most divisive assassins creed game.
Back in 2012, ubisoft had some big shoes to fill. Coming off of one of, if not the best gaming trilogies to ever grace this earth, Ubisoft new it was time to enter a new chapter, to break out of the games and the engine that had came before, and enter a new dawn of assassins creed. And i mean, they did succeed in adapting the gameplay formulas that came before.
But, I wouldn't say the exactly improved on it.
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[@alfredosantoscoy8204]

Connor fans who are watching this video: "It seems your tongue has tasted sour grapes."

[@Xeno574]

Lol

[@ala1178]

You're acting like we're wrong

[@amarson2322]

@@ala1178 well thats debatable

[@michaelmyers457]

Conner fans? Your the one that is speaking on his name plus you played the game tf

[@Xeno574]

@@amarson2322 Honestly I don't think it was a "disastrous letdown"

[@deancurran5197]

Of course Connor was an awkward child he watched his whole village get slaughtered and burned to Ash.

[@enenrax]

I knew it that, Ash Ketchum was the mastermind after all.

[@deancurran5197]

@@enenrax OK this assassins creed not pokemon.

[@enenrax]

@@deancurran5197 No Shit Sherlock

[@Anim3ddicted]

@@deancurran5197 let me explain the joke. You capitalize a word "ash" to "Ash"; capitalization is used to writing names. So Ash in your comment can be inferred as the name Ash Ketchum from the Japanese cartoon Pokemon.

[@deancurran5197]

@@Anim3ddicted oh you misunderstand I actually understood the joke I just didn't think it was funny sorry 😅💯

[@sweetpurple8812]

I loved Haytham in ac3 and rogue and wish we could’ve gotten a whole game as him

[@patrikmiles9342]

He honestly should have honestly been the protagonist for Rogue since not only is he a better Assassin/Templar protagonist who also has a stronger motivation and backstory than Cormac but would also make the Kenway trilogy feel more like a actual trilogy and one continuous bloodline.

[@1cartifan61]

Yeah if ac3 was haytham the whole time it would have made it considerably better

[@Screwthenewhandlesystem]

@@patrikmiles9342 originally the devs were going to make Haythem the protagonist but scrapped the idea because of AC Forsaken. It’s a real shame and Rogue is a game that has too many flaws to be loved. I still hope that one day they release an origin story game for Haythem. I mean the best AC games are the ones that have sequels or at least continuity and the fans want that so I have no clue what Ubisoft is thinking by completely changing time periods each time. Hell, all twelve major installments could take place during the same time just in different parts of the world and it wouldn’t lose the variety of its locales and cultures.

[@stevenruiz477]

Haytham one of the strongest characters since ezio. Edward was solid but haytham made a compelling case for the Templars unlike anyone else. Shay didn’t reach that bar. Shay should’ve been DLC to haytham being the main in rogue

[@njgaming3322]

When I finished AC3, I thought Haytham was Rogue’s protagonist, then I was disappointed when I found out it was a dude named Shay 😭

[@gleam6370]

The cut speech is one of the biggest tragedies. Could’ve added so much substance to connor as a character and the story ffs

[@gleam6370]

Even listening to now gives me chills

[@justuraveragecunt9005]

Cut speech?

[@gleam6370]

@@justuraveragecunt9005 yeah

[@davidbeer5015]

Imo..while it's sad that it was cut, idk if it was as necessary as people claim? I think the most important part of it is his determination to continue, even if he won't see the end. The rest..idk. At least I felt it was present in the game itself.

[@ginogatash4030]

@@davidbeer5015 it would have brought some more closure to his arc I think.

[@LumenLunar]

At least you’re not playing oddessy again

[@tankdogization]

I’ve played Origins on and off in the last three years. After finishing it recently, I moved to Odyssey and I can’t bring myself to understand why they wanted to stuff so much busy work in a largely empty map.

[@noahkinard8569]

@@tankdogization They wanted all of the allure and none of the sustainance. They made that game to please investors and share holders only. Not to mention the time period is incredibly popular as well. Assassin's Creed lost it's soul long ago.

[@tankdogization]

@@noahkinard8569 I feel like a superhero on Odyssey with everything from the spartan kick to the jumping off of high cliffs. I get pissed off how the level system punishes you for going in to fight enemies one or two above you. AC should be about skill, not level. Plus enemies are allowed to have shields and I can’t.

[@noahkinard8569]

@@tankdogization @tankdogization I agree wholeheartedly. I'd even go so far as to say all games should be based on skill. After all as human beings we want to be rewarded for skillful work not because the game tells me I did something good. I'm a programmer and to me, it seems it was also easier and faster for them to code in damage sponge enemies instead of a more complex and nuanced stealth system. The not being able to have a shield thing was most likely an artificial way of increasing difficulty, but not in a good way. Just a way that would take more grinding. Odyssey has an amazing world. But that makes it feels worse after getting into the lackluster gameplay. I personally don't enjoy feeling like a god in a game, because there's ultimately no point if all I have to do is button mash all day. Apparently their next game will be based in medieval Germany and France so we'll see if they mess that up. Lol.

[@malakaihernandez2235]

@@noahkinard8569 I disagree, but I respect your opinion.

[@admagma2716]

11:17 I thought he accepted him because Connor saved him from some bandits or something that attacked his house and saw potential in him

[@namelessone9941]

Yup he did

[@justuraveragecunt9005]

That is what happened. But it's not an Ezio game so this dudes gonna h8 on it

[@Lin_Eileen]

Also ignoring the fact that Achilles' didn't want to train him and tried to drive him away because he's a sad and broken old man who lost his son as well pretty much everything he ever cared about. His son dying was a random tragedy but everything else is because of the war between Templars and Assassins his motivations are so clear and obvious as day. He doesn't want to relive that pain potentially again but nooo it's bad because Connor is stoic and Achilles' isn't up front about his feelings that are so painful to him. Also the lack of regard for Connor's various different motivations besides revenge against Charles Lee was annoying. I didn't really think that was his sole main motivation at all after his village is burned to the ground there is a huge timeskip and he seems to have moved on as much as he could from what happened with no intentions of revenge, he is at peace staying in his village and hunting but his desire to leave is based on the encroaching colonists in general and grows stronger as he sees more of them settling into his people's land. This is the first conversation he has with Kanen'tó:kon after the timeskip. So many people misunderstand Connor he's not this brutal mindless savage out for revenge and nothing else. He is a calm & reflective man just because he says to Charles Lee "I'll find you" when he's a child doesn't mean that's gonna be his sole motivation for his entire life the time skip immediately after is meant to show you this he's a way more complex character than that. When Connor sees Lee for the first time in forever he seems surprised to see him, you'd think he would be tracking Lee constantly and know he in the same place as him but he doesn't it's like he's forgotten about him. Why? Because he's trying to save his village! Not just kill Charles Lee or any one thing. Juno shows him in his vision that he must become an assassin to avoid his villages' destruction that is his motivation for leaving the village once again it's not Charles Lee. Connor isn't like "it's time I finally go after Charles Lee after all this time of training and preparation" noooo he doesn't even mention him at all. Idk why I care or seek out analysis on this series anymore. People are just so biased & clueless or both there is so few people who just appreciate these games for their strengths and understand their actual flaws. I am a fan of this dudes content but this is not a great review of the game 😔

[@gamermagazin3116]

@@Lin_Eileen Yeah. Even tough the writing has flaws but i think you are right. Conor has more motivations. But the problem is that the game could have explained it better. Like if you think it trough Conor is an assassin. Probably he supports the code and the belif and thats the main reason why he wants to kill Lee and he wont kill Wahington. Because he supports the revoultion from his hearth. Of course like i said thats not explained really well. But looking in this way the writing isnt bad just mediocore.

[@guicoelho14]

The one thing i hate about this game is that we have a 12 hour tutorial and like 8 hours of connor as an adult

[@michaelmyers457]

Imagine complaining about a tutorial really dude? Your actually gonna be that one guy whining about 4 hours? Jeez

[@guicoelho14]

@@michaelmyers457 not 4 hours, 12 hours. That tutorial is too long dude ffs, and boring.

[@YoloTB]

@@guicoelho14 AC3 is my Favorite of the Series but I will admit that tutorial was wayy too long the Haytham part was interesting but they stretched out Teenage Connor too much after that sad mission where the Village burns and Connor's mother dies it should of just been a montage or a few cutscenes of Connor leaving the village then meeting Achilles and training then cuts to Connor as an Adult with his Assassin Robes it could of cut down 2-3 hours of unnecessary exposition to 20-30 mins

[@unoriginalname9556]

@@guicoelho14 the fuck did you do for it be 12 hours......

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

@@michaelmyers457 A tutorial being long and boring has no excuse.

[@demodrakkaen0316]

Dude, no, AC3 was actually better than you give it credit for. Connor had character development, it was just far more subtle and nuanced. He is a reserved, quiet, and honor-driven character who leans heavily into his heritage. When compared to the more care-free, flirtatious, charismatic, partyboy that was Ezio Auditore da Firenze...well, he comes across as uninteresting. He isn't meant to appeal to you in the same way. The Homestead was closer to the main content than you apparently treated it. Connor being able to craft his gear is directly related to the Homestead, his character shining the most happens in the Homestead where he feels most at peace. The overall world was actually fairly well built....for a Native American Assassin. Yes, it was dumbed down a lot, and no Connor shouldn't have been shoehorned into every historical moment. The real issue is you compare the game to the Ezio trilogy when really only the modern day was in any way connected to the Ezio trilogy. Nostalgia and favoritism blinded you to how a radically different character grew and developed, therefore ruining the game for you.

[@longluuhoang8394]

Well said. By no mean I love ezio, but people alway using him at an define on how all main characters in the series should act. People tend to forget that people are built different and in fact different in thinking and acting. People always say like Connor act like a child no charscter development bla bla. I said stop! That just because they don't understand him. Like you said he an quite and hard to understand man. It show in the Homestead mission where everyone only affairs of him at first but in time things grow and the community expand we can see how much they they cherish and look up to him not as and second to a landlord but as a friend, a nice and straight forward neighbor thay always put actions before words on what he believes to be the right thing. Hence some girl even make him walked her down the aisle to her spouse. To explore the inside of an silence/quite protagonist like this you have to look at the people around him, on how they act and how they treat him. I wish Ubisoft didn't make them as extra content, all the character development was in them.

[@bish0p3473]

I get your point, but his voice acting is just terrible. Ezio, Altair, and Haythem were all great because they had better voice acting. Connor is so monotone.

[@demodrakkaen0316]

@@bish0p3473 I can acknowledge that Connor sounds more monotone than the others. However, I would like to quickly say that emotion and enthusiasm drive the voice to sound the way it does. For someone who is working to contain their emotions and remain relatively calm in their duties, it isn't going to sound as boisterous when they talk. Now if someone like Ezio, Edward, or even Haytham and Altair were to talk, they tend to show more emotional inflection purely because their characters are more open and outgoing. Though honestly, this was probably more because the VA didn't do a good job avoiding monotone. Even if fans can come up with a solid reason, it still likely was just a poor VA.

[@bish0p3473]

@@demodrakkaen0316 Fair enough.

[@dustyroflman8926]

"Fairly well built" How though? Specifics please.

[@swagkelly5867]

Love the content and the hard work you’re putting in. However, I definitely disagree with you about AC3 and think you’ve completely mischaracterized Connor’s motives in an attempt to paint his actions as nonsensical, disregarding his constant principles as an assassin in the process. Also, the idea that Connor being manipulated by Juno is a negative is beyond me. Ezio was manipulated in the same manner and was essentially only a messenger between the Isu and Desmond. The only difference is that Ezio eventually realized this at the end of Revelations. Anyways, love the content even if I disagree with you and hope the hard work pays off. You definitely deserve more subs with such high quality videos.

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

Conor sucks.

[@luleto_3215]

Great vid mate! However, I gotta disagree. Personally, I loved the combat and parkour in AC3, but hey, to each their own!

[@jsg8088]

I dont know what people what skill people want to achieve by tapping buttons in their life game was supposed to be fun and it was seriously he said decreased parkour skills we were tapping buttons in AC 2 and still in AC Valalla. Just saying i agree with u

[@deancurran5197]

Man everyone hating on assassins creed 3 so much it was one of my favourite of the series like I understand people say Connor is boring but he was only a kid when he seen everything and still only a young man throughout I honestly think if they further developed Connor like they did ezio he would have been much better in my opinion. Assassins creed 3 was awesome

[@jsg8088]

@@deancurran5197 agreed

[@engarintatakai]

I just got it recently and I used to play it on Xbox 360 and im sorta torn between it as well

[@deancurran5197]

@@engarintatakai assassins creed odessy ultimate edition for 35 euro also gave me AC 3 and liberation bith remastered great deal.

[@B0bStapl3]

I'm going to say it, AC3 is one of my favourite in the franchise (not including the modern day stuff)

[@aquilae9323]

So if we were including the modern day stuff, would you like it more than ac3

[@BlackWolf-el3gu]

There’s nothing wrong with that

[@pascalfernandes6957]

Honestly i liked modern day exepr the desmond desth part like so easaly ther have have him live and mildes the Juno Story but no they choice this timeline

[@femboyshawna]

Same

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

Well that’s a crappy opinion.

[@rohhaiil]

I'm really annoyed by Connor's overinvolvement in the Revolution. If there was the Brotherhood at the time, this level of Assassin involvement might be more relevant but he was the only one and so they put him at every spot. Imagine Altair being, and leading all major fights in Crusades instead of doing his own thing.... Btw love your content, you deserve more subscribers for these quality videos, keep up the good work.

[@redhood7778]

I was genuiely okay with Conner doing this when I played, but when you say it like that, it makes sense

[@branchy1186]

Connor is a Master Assassin, that's literally what they do. When Ezio became a master assassin, he overthrew one of the largest nations in Europe. Altair did the same in Cyprus and Masyaf. Altair only "did his own thing" in AC1 because he was disgraced and had to start over from the beginning, he wasn't a Master like Connor

[@cactusjack4206]

Well Connor didn’t care about the revolution, if I can recall he was only helping for the sake of his people. Once he realized that they didn’t care about his people he stopped assisting.

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

@@branchy1186 He’s literally not a master Assassin. He’s barely an assassin at all…

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

@@branchy1186 Altair was more masterful than Conor. He was considered a master assassin at 23. An actual rank and not just conjecture. Conor didn’t have a rank because the only other assassin was Achilles and the organization was a shell of itself.

[@NarutoArenaCx]

Assassin's Creed 3 Wasn't even bad

[@SirCaco]

To be fair the Ezio saga was a very tough act to follow.

[@ala1178]

@VOLD GAMER agree except for brotherhood .

[@michaelmyers457]

Exactly

[@michaelmyers457]

He likes the valhalla and odyssey combat lmao

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

Ezio trilogy and 4 are the only good part of ac

[@kiwi4356]

I think the greatness of Connor and the point of the character resides in him being the victim. He doesn’t grow much or change but that’s because he is a stoic, determined and relentless warrior. He gets played around from both sides, suffering from different angles (his people are doomed regardless of the winners, his father is transformed into an enemy…) and struggling while maintaining his path and objective, that is: saving his people and trying to act honorably. He is strong, he is angry and frustrated, but that’s because, regardless of being a victim of several and tragic circumstances, he still pushes through.

[@irishvader2193]

The 2012 plot seriously dates this game

[@bengercak8391]

The 2012 plot had been in the games since the first one that came out in 2007. Don't know why everyone always targets AC3 over that for some reason. I guess it has to do with AC3 being the first one in the series to really emphasize it I guess.

[@alarrim29574]

If they executed it properly it wouldn’t age the game at all😂

[@FinneySP]

What was missing is that they did not spend enough time and effort on tree parkour. If they designed a more expansive forest it could have been one of the best. I felt like the tree parkour was just shockingly limited

[@Engille967]

It was the first entry to have tree parkour, the games after weren't as good. Be less harsh man

[@priyeshmagar]

Good lord, you people dislike assassin's creed 3 on so many levels.

[@discreetkoala789]

Idk i just found connor and the other characters super boring. Honestly I remember very little of it which is a shame cause I do remember being very hyped for it. The combat and gameplay was amazing though. But the story was just so lackluster that I honestly can't even remember what happened. As opposed to ezio which I remember almost everything that happened over 3 games. Maybe thats why I dislike ac3 so much.

[@Lordcrusader17]

@@jueezzzz you wrong because your comparing connor to every other protagonist when he isnt and thats what you dont understand. You didnt understand the story and how it describes americas history. Natives have always been portrayed in games as hotheaded characters that wanted to fight against the oppressors that were taking their land. Simply put you dont get the story and the culture behind it

[@Lordcrusader17]

@@jueezzzz lmao and somehow you still didnt understand my comment. A little slow arent you. Just forget it guy you dont understand and you obviously lack the will to

[@Lordcrusader17]

@@jueezzzz your half native and dont know your own history lmao. Use your head and dig deeper. How do I understand the story of ac3 and you dont. The whole premise of the story is to show that connor is a tragic character. He fights for something he knows he wont get but has some belief that his people will. He goes after lee for revenge but soon realizes that its bigger than lee (not to mention lee is a horrible ass guy anyway lol and you want him to fight for the templars when they have guys like him?) and so he helps the americans because maybe he views the americans as somewhat like his people. They both are fighting against oppresors and they both want freedom. He hopes that if the americans win his people will be more equal in their eyes and they wont take any more of their land. Its the better of two evils, either he can fight for the templars which he knows wont help his people or he can fight for the americans but he also knows the future of his people in colonial america is also in doubt. When he learns washington led the attack on his people HE LITERALLY EXPLAINS RIGHT THERE IN THAT SCENE why it doesnt matter and you still didnt listen lmao. Just sad my guy

[@IlMemetor72]

So we're not allowed to dislike something and critique it?

[@Gingy578]

There is a scene where Connor comes back to his village and finally understands the Revolutionaries are no different than the British. Connor seems to understand he has been manipulated and that his entire life work was a waste of time. Problem is, that scene appears after the credits, so almost nobody has actually seen it... Personally speaking, I have to say every single word Haytham has told Connor on the roof made absolute sense to me, and actually since AC3 I favor the Templars. It is also a bit weird that throughout the first 4 games the Assassins and the Templars are pretty much equal in their power, while all the sudden since AC3 the Assassins become a haunted tiny group facing a global organization. Altair and Ezio have fought for the creed, for peace, for stability, while since AC3 we see more and more characters which are not even proper Assassins, and those who are speak almost nothing of the creed, they create political chaos and actually worsen the lives of the people (for example, Achilles destroying Lisbon). Therefore I really believe the Templars, while they may not be always moral, at least have a vision, while the Assassins just kinda oppose them cuz that's what they do...

[@natchu96]

That's basically the Colonial Brotherhood in a nutshell, really. They stopped being about freedom and peace and just opposed the Templars for the sake of it. In that regard Shay's purge of them feels completely deserved and a naive greenhorn like Connor, who had noble intentions but failed to see harsh reality for all too long, had to pick up the pieces.

[@avantgarde8551]

I personally loved this game and it’s settings. Plus Connor is a brutal fighter

[@camel521]

isn’t the point of assassins creed supposed to be that your a assassin and not a fighter

[@SavagioTs]

​@@camel521and yet every AC protagonist prior to Unity were just slaughtering entire armies of foes

[@Da_Senate7T]

I'll be honest the only AC games where I actively did stealth is unity. Every single game before that I just slaughtered everything in site. Plus the ass controls of previous games make stealth absolutely worthless lol. At least black flag and rogue had good controls as well as brotherhood and revelations but besides that Awful

[@Poseidon-mj6ln]

I never understood how Washington could have burned Connor’s village in 1760 if he resigned from the British army in 1758.

[@aquilae9323]

I think the whole Kenway arc in terms of order ( I loved black flags story) should’ve been released and written differently. I think it was so weird to do the Ezio trilogy chronologically and then shift to Conner then going backwards and then forwards. I get it with the modern day story but I would’ve love to see haytham game as opposed to rogue but the way they did the prologue in AC3 it could never be done

[@stevenruiz477]

agreed. The pivoted to the modern day being primary and made no sense. And the modern day has never been the same since Desmond

[@mrdrfez]

British players might find the settings for Boston and New York in AC3 to be boring because a lot of towns in the UK still look like that. But for American players, Boston and New York in the game represents a historical era that they grew up hearing only stories about. Very few places (aside from maybe a few historical buildings and re-enactment sites) in the US look like that anymore.

[@KatnipkitkatVODs-dz6xz]

Nah, bruh, I slept through most of my American history classes. Field trips to historical towns and battlefields was incredibly boring. I would much rather play a game set in the fantastic architecture of foreign lands than slog around dinky little houses. Growing up in the Maryland & Pennsylvania area I was dragged to many a historical place from the American Revolution, being required to do it again in a game was the opposite of fun.

[@jonathanortiz6212]

I love AC3, it’s my favorite AC game cause of three things 1. It’s my first AC game 2. It take place in the American revolution 3. The story evolves around Native American name Conner. Love hearing about Native Americans

[@javyon]

kinda biased opinion tbh

[@zag9529]

@@javyon more like kinda based opinion

[@angryanakin]

@@zag9529 dab😎

[@speedyhog3565]

Good thing Rogue gave us a little more of Kenway, he deserved since he was basically the saving grace of AC3.

[@bigsumms3182]

The way you just clearly misinterpret story beats is insane lmao it’s a good story that explores the flaws of the creed and asks what if the templars are the good guys

[@TheJacksonSloan]

An excellent detailed Autopsy of the Worst Assassins Creed game EVER. And I play, own, and collect everything Assassins Creed I can find. Thank you for this presentation.

[@dupzzy6711]

The child that saw Haytham on first sequence makes an appearance after the long tutorial and talks to connor about his father

[@jessicastrike5640]

Disagree a lot but it’s a good video! You put your points across articulately and intelligently I love Connor, particularly as a contrast to Ezio, he’s full of sadness anger and tragedy, torn between his native people and the revolutionaries and has believable negative traits like being single minded naive and manipulable and that compromise speech was the best in the series Combat is great, Connor feels like an absolute brute and that assassin tomahawk is iconic Parkour isn’t the most fun but I did enjoy running through the tree tops Sailing was fantastic fun I love the complexity and depth shown between assassins and templars, Haytham is one of the best characters in the series and I love the relationship between him and Connor The homestead is fantastic though, it really adds a lot to Connor and made me want to recruit more people so it wasn’t just meaningless like monterigioni But it is a flawed game, the colonial cities are pretty flat and boring, the prologue with Haytham is waaaaay too long and predictively templar, the economics system is pretty badly explained and implemented, it’s really reliant on the historical context with characters, locations and events seeming to take the focus, the end of the modern day also left a sour taste

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

You know an actual well written character who checks all those boxes and is a contrast to Ezio? Altair…

[@brotherjay4614]

Washington wasn’t responsible for connor’s mother’s death. We saw Washington’s first attack with haytham, but Charles Lee would go after the village later

[@Drew52Parks]

This does make me want to go back and play AC3. I’ve played it a couple times, including right after it released and really enjoyed it. I actually enjoy the parkour and combat, plus I love the score and how epic their rendition of “Ezio’s family” is. While I do enjoy being able to play a part in some of those historical moments, there are too many of them. Plus I don’t like the modern day ending and it really threw off the franchise from that point. Like the analysis and hearing your opinion, but I’m still a fan and looking forward to playing it again. Enjoy your AC videos and look forward to watching more of them!

[@yashmjj]

"Achilles literally after 2 days accepts Connor completely" Um.... Where's the part where Connor fought the robbers at night to prove his capability and in return Achilles provided shelter to him? I guess your point would have held more weight had you mentioned Achilles ALREADY KNEW that Haythem was Connor's father

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

Wasn’t it Charles Lee that tried to warn the villagers of Washington’s second attack so that they would be able to defend themselves this time? If that’s the case then I can understand why Connor’s best friend thought he turned on his own people because he was siding with Washington who was actually responsible for the village burning down and the death of Connor’s mother when he was a boy. If men like Haytham and Charles were trying to help then why would Connor still be angry and vengeful towards them? It doesn’t make sense to me.

[@demodrakkaen0316]

By that point in the game, Connor has gone from being revenge-driven and familially honor bound, to actually being an Assassin who sees it as his job to fight for freedom and against the Templars. Lee and Haytham's involvement in his village's destruction are secondary motivators after awhile. IIRC this first really becomes evident after the Boston Massacre/Boston Tea Party leads Connor to question a few of his beliefs. They went for a subtle approach rather than the speech, so many fans mischaracterized Connor until it was solidly in place, when Haytham helps Connor and he is forced to confront the fact his father wasn't as evil as he thought, even though he was a Templar and therefore his enemy. Connor's character development was constantly going on, it just went for subtlety and natural changes that a more reserved character would have. The issue is, everyone got used to the charismatic, flirtatious, playboy Ezio and couldn't fathom why Connor was none of those things.

[@davidbeer5015]

Iirc, it wasnt the mohawk situation, it was his actions at monmouth where he gave tactics that "backfired" then fled. With the mohawks, he did go to the village, but it felt like he was using that to make things worse, having the warriors attack the army and then really sell the story that they were "working with the British." He also told them Connor had been corrupted, causing Connor to have to fight his best friend.

[@hacman8732]

Man ain’t it just funny that in a game with a native protagonist in one of the periods of time that could have made for not only a great dramatic setting but also illuminate a largely unheard of perspective of a largely known time and history with a Native American perspective, he’s only ever largely used to be a POV of the history that in part led to the colonization and genocide of his people. The fact Connor is Mohawk and comes into direct contact with all these historical figures like Ben Franklin and George Washington is funny too since these people would surely treat him less than based off the history of people like Washington who establish an expansionist policy that justified hundreds of years of genocides and displacement of natives that was at the time it was written for the explicitly stated purposes of securing as much land and property from the natives while also establishing the savage like rhetoric following policies would embrace and use to further justify colonization. Ben Franklin is another funny one and the direct mention of the Iroquois Confederacy and talk of American independence was real rich given Franklin gave a back handed compliment about that confederacy’s effective governing structure and remarking how shameful it was the colonists were being put to shame by these savages’s shocking ability to govern not only themselves but multiple tribe alliances the confederacy allowed and promoted trade within. Hell the Iroquois would serve as one of the more pivotal structures of government to influence the articles of confederacy. But man does making the native protag of the series only really amount to a lifeless vessel to experience the history that directly led to the dehumanization of his people is, well tone deaf would be putting it lightly.

[@hacman8732]

@Hyper jones it does feel like the game really wanted to be that subversive true and ugly versions of this history with how the game ends with the Brits leaving Boston but as Connor sees them leave a slave auction happens in the background showing the hypocrisy of a nation founded on fighting for freedom that had denied personhood and freedom for slaves that built it.

[@dajoker8998]

He’s only half

[@O.LEO.N]

For me, the biggest problem in Assassin's Creed III is that you can NEVER have an enjoyable and fun killing spree after completing the game. As we all know, there isn't much to do after completing the game. However, killing enemy soldiers is fun and badass, which you can do. There is just one problem. Bounty hunters/Jägers will always, no matter what, come and ruin everything for you. Coming after you everywhere you go until you bribe or take down wanted posters, which obviously isn't fun and should not be a part of the game. Basically, the notoriety system stops you from having fun in free roam.

[@ajflink]

Haytham comes across to me as an elitist narcissist. The worst kind of human.

[@justrou584]

The positive: - Naval combat is my favourite innovation in the franchise. Shame it wasn’t featured much in the main storyline. - The upgrade to the assassin recruits feature is also nice, and it would have been better if they were present in the main storyline, if there was any substance to it. - Child Conor is great. After the time skip following his training though, I didn’t care about him as he pretty much became a vessel for the story and for the player to engage. It felt like the only thing Achilles taught him was how to fight. - Climbing trees is a great innovation as well, shame the paths are linear. - Hunting animals is a nice treat, but when it comes to predators, it would have been better if you could actually engage them in close combat instead of simply relying on a dodge/counter system. - I should have said posi-negative. The negative: - The game’s performance on PC is a huge downgrade - Character movement is janky, as if the lower and upper parts of the body are disconnected. - The viewpoints are poorly spread and cover too small areas, so the map is not very accessible. I get you have to clear uncovered areas by exploring, but it’s a pain when it only reveals a 2-3 meter radius around the player when you can actually see far beyond. - The notoriety system is not well balanced. Guards are everywhere in cities, while there are few hiding spots and the wanted posters are hard to find. - The economy system is completely useless. You can very easily beat the game with your basic weapons without worrying about upgrading them or the nonexistent armor thanks to the easy combat. - And therefore, hunting crafting and trading are completely useless. The homestead mission rewards are as well. Not to mention the unfriendliness of the crafting and trading interface. - The characters looked better in previous entries. Even Shaun and Rebecca have been downgraded in this one. - Something is wrong with these cutscenes. - The buildup to the modern day storyline raised my expectations, given that Desmond had to live his ancestors memories to get their skills, he deserved his own entry, featuring the modern day only, to conclude his arc. This fell flat. - The story. All four previous entries had engaging stories, and when it came to historical events, one could simply enjoy the landmark descriptions in the animus in the Ezio trilogy. This story didn’t make me engaged, nor did its protagonist, and you made a very good dissertation explaining why. AC Revelations was a slight downgrade in some aspects compared to AC2 and brotherhood, but playing AC3 I was thinking “how could it get this bad?”

[@learniteasy8146]

A parent less boy who lives in a tribe, has only seen war and survival and harsh conditionof jungles, will pretty much be emotional less in my opinion, But connor really show emotions when he start building homestead.

[@debterdave7077]

They should’ve replaced Achilles with Adewale from black flag imo. It would’ve made sense as to why he would train Conner as he was Edwards right hand man and best friend, and would make him a much better character than what they originally did with him in Freedom Cry. Wasted opportunity

[@Dredfullart]

Well, Adewale had not been created (as a character) at that point so......

[@tnwhiskey68]

To be fair, Connor was mad at haytham because he knew all of that about Washington and never said anything. The first attack was not ordered by GW.

[@hc855]

AC3 was my first game as a kid, and I say it plays an important role in getting started to the game. Every AC game has their strength in being the best AC game weather its plot, game play, or even simple fantasy. The game is simple, and average which is sad that this game series should be regarded at a higher standard and now its starting to seem like the game series just can't handle that high standard anymore even though it well can.

[@Bulzeeb15]

Wasn’t the reason Connor broke off from his father’s truce because he figured Haytham sat on the info about the true cause of his village burning? Getting the letter was proof that Washington couldn’t be trusted now, but Haytham must have learned about Connor’s village burning during the 7 Years War beforehand and didn’t bring Connor up to speed until it seemed most beneficial to his plan?

[@Super_27]

The thing I didn't like the most was low skill parkour and you can't go from building to building in the cities. The emotional payoff for Achilles was also hidden behind side content and Connors speech was cut out. Connor is also not an assassin at all. The story is garbage and I didn't even realize that this was the start of Ubisoft forcing historical events and characters into the story. Connor also doesn't care when he kills his friend or when he finds out Washington is responsible for his mom and villages death. The modern day is also extremely anti climactic. People also defend Connor by saying he's traumatized but he doesn't react to literally anything ever. He really is just a vessel to watch the American Revolution. Another thing, why can't we assassinate Charles Lee like a black box mission. Why is it just cutscenes, same with Haytham.

[@shay9096]

The speech in the end was so sad and amazing, too bad they removed it in the game ☹

[@HereticASSassin]

I must admit. You are right with every point. AC3 is a mess and an absolute Downgrade but Connor still haves more personality than Kassandra in the game and AC3 had Assassins and is for me better in nearly every way than Vallhalla and Odyssey off course. I can now understand why people say the story is bad. You really opened my eyes and its truly compared to the first 3 games or Black Flag a piece of shit but compared to Odyssey or Vallhalla its definitely better and more Assassins Creed

[@anuragpoddar8631]

ac3 may had downgraded assassins creed series but however it's combat styles,music and all the newly added interactions ere great,specially hunting and looting caravans. I wish ac3 was the end of assassins creed series.

[@HereticASSassin]

@@anuragpoddar8631 Black Flag and Origins are the last good AC games or at least Black Flag

[@anuragpoddar8631]

@@HereticASSassin yeah i agree that black flag too was a great game but the story should have ended with desmond's sacrifice.

[@ramonalt2708]

I think you’re making it look worse than it actually is.

[@borekstvorek]

this is actually my second most favourite AC game right after Unity :-) unpopular opinion I know :-D

[@rebellioust1860]

Don’t think it’s that unpopular, both are in my top 5

[@jackwarr4251]

This hits then nail on the head really. Regarding Connors character, it was clearly meant to go from a motivation of revenge to one of principle, leading to Connor still pursuing the Templars even if they weren’t actually responsible for his personal tragedy, alike Haytham staying with the Templars even after learning of Birches manipulation. However, they fail to build this up before this moment, leading to players to just get frustrated.

[@jirkazalabak1514]

Exactly. One deep conversation with Achilles about the merits of principle over vengeance would have fixed this, at least to some degree.

[@redhood7778]

Oh my god. You're right. I assumed the Templars burned Connor's village, but you're right; It was Washington. Not only that, Haythem actually cared about it, wanted to help him, and was even distressed when he found out Connor's mom died. Connor helping the man behind his village's massacre makes no sense.

[@Somethingrandom1151]

Anyone else feel like maybe if they continued Connors story after his speech in a new game, he would be redeemed as a character?

[@harrytoze8698]

In my opinion, the modern day is a waste of time. The modern day distracts from the main plot and ruins the immersion. Great video breaking this down. I personally love this game despite the flaws.

[@hanzohasashi1857]

Gotta disagree without the modern day games like ac1 and the Ezio trilogy would not have been as good and their would not have been the amazing connection between Altair, Ezio, and Desmond. Although there have been shitty modern days like the ones in black flag and odyssey i do think that if the modern day is done right it can be one of the best parts of an ac game.

[@harrytoze8698]

Hanzo Hasashi I agree that IF they made the modern compelling it COULD be beneficial in connecting the games. However, there were several moments in my recent play-through of AC2 that they pulled me out of the animus during a particularly interesting point in Ezio's story which completely broke the flow of the game. Furthermore, I think it would be far more compelling to connect the games through the storyline itself rather than using the animus which feels artificial and cheap.

[@hanzohasashi1857]

@@harrytoze8698 Very good point which is why i think the modern day should be something like brotherhoods where you are hardly ever forced out of the animus and only exit when you want to.

[@harrytoze8698]

Hanzo Hasashi That would certainly be a massive improvement over what Ubisoft is giving us now lol.

[@hanzohasashi1857]

@@harrytoze8698 True there is also the ridiculous shit in valhalla like asgard and fenrir which is making ac feel more like assassins souls or witchers creed.

[@crescentmoon256]

another video of jumping into the band wagon and bashing ac3, what a disappointment

[@scarabyt]

It's not a bandwagon bro I've disliked AC3 since the moment it released in 2012

[@crescentmoon256]

@@scarabyt hmm but you decide to make a video about it in 2020, that’s a little convenient if you ask me whatever the case may be people were so harsh to this game especially to Connor therefore killing any chance of getting the final showdown of Connor vs shay

[@wyrmythecaterpillar7539]

@@crescentmoon256 what's it matter when he made the video? was he making vids back in 2012?

[@crescentmoon256]

@@wyrmythecaterpillar7539 normally it wouldn't matter but like I said they are too many videos that just hate on ac3 even after years of its release, even though the game is not terrible

[@fredster594]

@@crescentmoon256 You do realize that AC3 is divided among the AC community for a reason right? Back when it came out the reviews were very mixed. Critics and newcomers loved it but Assassin's Creed fans despised it. AC fans hated it because the game was so hyped due to the success of AC2 and people expected it to be the true next leap to Assassin's Creed but what we got was a game with a terrible story, a new engine which was incredibly glitchy, the gameplay felt more automated and cinematic, the setting was bad, the modern day was a mess, and its ending is a huge middle finger to any Assassin's Creed fan that played it since 2007.

[@thebiggerboat3236]

A lot of the same idiots who say, "i gotta disagree, i actually liked ac3!" but refuse to elaborate or give any meaningful argument besides just saying "you're wrong". Can't stand these types of fanboys. I, myself, just went back and played AC III and found myself already saying what you say in this video to myself. It's very obvious to anyone playing these games that this is the first step Ubisoft takes to divorce itself from the identity and spirit of the franchise's roots. Good vid.

[@IlMemetor72]

I see you have a brain. I need to congratulate you

[@NIKKI89-t7i]

Even though this is 2 years old but I loved ac3 because 1. Boston is a unique city choice 2. Modern day was fun imo 3. Soundtrack was good 4. Haytham is the best ac villain 5. Combat is fun 6. Viewpoints are pretty 7. Charles Lee was good imo 8. Liberating was fun imo 9. Ship battles were fun (not as good as black flag but still fun) 10. Connor's backstory is good You can have your opinions and I have seen ac3 fanboys not give an argument but there is definitely an argument to how ac3 was great.

[@barbleX_]

This game gotta be the worst game i've played in my life. Boring story, shitty gameplay mechanics. I fell asleep multiple times while playing it, i ended up deleting it out of frustration.

[@M.G.F427]

I'm over 11 hours into the game and I'm feeling this is an upgrade from almost every aspect of Ezio's trilogy, a good protagonist, upgraded visuals, combat, the parkour is one step ahead and another behind but it's nos bad by any means, I'm not getting the hate at all.

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

Combat is abysmal it just has cool flashy animations that make you think it's good

[@M.G.F427]

@@RobertEdwinHouse9 Like Brotherhood lol

[@M.G.F427]

@@RobertEdwinHouse9 And yeah, it's satisfying and has good animations, good enough for me

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

@@M.G.F427 brotherhood combat isnt good either but it's still way better than 3

[@M.G.F427]

@@RobertEdwinHouse9 Why is it better? 3 is the same but with better animations and more weapon types, also is more polished.

[@sng3939]

For me story wise of this game, the “twist” is the worst part. It didn’t change the story whatsoever or Connor as a character. He had zero development.

[@slnthll_]

Lmaooooo did you play the side missions or only tried to finish the main story?

[@IlMemetor72]

Pretty much echoing our sentiments

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

​@@slnthll_ bro just do the side content bro then the game gets good bro

[@slnthll_]

@@RobertEdwinHouse9 i know. i love the game

[@blueaphry]

Gosh I love what you said in this video! I was really, really confused by the plots after Connor found out who was actually responsible for the attack on his village and the death of his mother. He was more mad with Haytham who had nothing to do with this, he fought and killed his childhood friend, and then he went back to help Washington at the Monmouth again. The whole time I was like "what's happening inside his head"?

[@everygamersdream72]

Firstly, the best upgrade in this game was the Homestead. You're playing obstensibly the main story but as it turns out the main story is really a side mission, the homestead is what the man is about, and you get to know the people who live on his land, and what they do on his land, you partake in the economy of the land. Your ability to craft is based on your having involved yourself in the lives of the craftsmen. Better than the villa in II. Secondly, the world is fantastic, perhaps other than Rogue it's the best world they ever created. The main gameplay was downgraded I agree, and I also agree that he shouldn't have played pivotal roles in every historical event of the era, nor been made a ship captain so quickly. And anyone who says that you take forever to get into the adult Connor part of the game is not wrong. And yet, none of that matters to me ultimately, the game is really about this dour character who's taken on a burdensome responsiblity and a dark life, doesn't that remind you of a particular Assassin? His interractions with Haythem were brilliant cinema moments, the best character relationship in the entire franchise. I ended up loving AC III and there were plenty of times in my two playthroughs where I definitely didn't think that was possible.

[@1cartifan61]

It's bland and the colours stay the same throughout all of Boston, it's the same with Connor, he never fucking learns or gets better, he stays an arrogant prick. Connor is a disgrace to the Kenway name in Assassin's Creed and the worst game in the entire franchise along with Syndicate Unity and Odyssey

[@slnthll_]

@@1cartifan61 i respect your opinion. However to me, hes one of the best characters. if you played the side missions, you would’ve understood that there is more to his character than just being bland and stoic.

[@1cartifan61]

@@slnthll_ he’s no way near better than Ezio or Edward, not Altaïr either, he’s one of the worst, just better than Jacob and literally everyone in Odyssey. Ac3 isn’t *bad* it’s just not as good as the others. I don’t think it’s even an opinion that ac3 is better than ac4, ac2, or ac brotherhood. It’s simply lacking everything good with assassins creed, it turned a lot of people off the series entirely and is generally considered one of if not the worst ac game as of yet, and that’s not for no reason.

[@slnthll_]

@@1cartifan61 lmfao bruv is you fr???? Opinions are real!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 a lotta people love ac3 including me and think its the best game in the franchise and they fucking can. And, do keep in mind that connor had already gone through a lot. None of ezio and edward had to suffer what he did. Connor wasn’t as rich as ezio, he didnt have a luxurious life. Edward had a normal life as a kid, while connor had to witness his mum die at such a young age. Yeah?

[@1cartifan61]

@@slnthll_ and Ezio had to witness his two brothers and father die? Connor’s mother died but majority of Ezio’s family died. People can have opinions but ac3 is objectively not the best ac game. If you break it down, even if you like the game it will still be bad

[@triggamanful]

This is so bad it’s crazy that this actually came out of Ubisoft. There are only 3 good things about this game: The graphics Haytham & Charles Lee Aside from the mentioned, this game is absolutely atrocious. Its a low quality game that has no real substance. Not to mention how cringe it is. “You put everything on the line just to rescue ur father?” GTFOH

[@IlMemetor72]

Legit

[@Sabebebebe5]

*Me as a Connor fan watching this getting hell triggered outta me* ...😭 But u did have some facts there as much as I hate to admit

[@dmitriikulikov4717]

You know man... With the Assassin's creed games that are more poorly written you need to want to see the motivation of the characters and you need to want to see the parts of the plot to connect and make sense. If you do that, everything becomes very logical and consistent (mostly). Don't forget that you play simulations of fictional characters that 1.) are shown in an episodic, disjointed manner 2.) represent real people with different motivations and different quirks which make them better or worse as fictional characters BUT don't make them less valid as hypothetical real world human beings.

[@bankruptcoffee650]

I always figured that they rushed to get it out before December 21 2012.... But I know I was eagerly awaiting my second IRL apocalypse, because I remembered Y2K. However, I had also researched the Mayan calendar and knew that there was no apocalypse, but instead was a cyclical calendar representing the Mayan equivalent of a zodiac age, as we have in the west (age of aquarius, for example, is a zodiac, or solar, age).

[@dupzzy6711]

For me, Connor has the best running animation

[@gabrielchastain6091]

I tried to put myself in Connors shoes and his thoughts as you critiqued him and came to a big conclusi Forgiveness Enduring And desire for Freedom I don't think that after Haythem revealed who actually burned the village Connor was still hunting Charles Lee for that anymore He is pissed off because Haythem hid that from him and lied to him And he also has resentment from Haythem not being around as a child At first him continuing to help the Patriots isn't to help Washington it's to assist him in getting close to Lee and ending the Templars As they stand in the way of freedom which is what he is striving for Considering the dlcs he most likely forgave Washington as he finally learned to let go of it because it was another time as Washington said Achilles refusing to train Connor is due to the fact he feels hopeless because he failed his own brotherhood and was crippled by shay in revelations making him lose hope He trains Connor because he regains that hope Connor did not want to kill his father near the end He had to because Haythem probably would have eventually given in and killed him since if you don't press any buttons he chokes you to death slowly As to why Haythem was trying to kill Connor while also letting Connor kill him intentionally due to knowledge of hidden blades is a confusing plot point and can't find an answer for at this time *perhaps Haythem decided to leave it up to fate at that point if Connor figured out what to do then so be it but if not then Haythem would continue on with his work* The US government making him lose his village destroyed Connor But it reminds me of what Natives had to go through They had to endure and take the punishment in hopes of freedom because they didn't have the numbers or power to fight back it's not all bad since they move somewhere else more peaceful and live rather than be destroyed so that's good and not the worst Connor assisting Washington or hanging out with Washington in the dlc Is perhaps forgiveness once more In hopes of freedom and giving freedom This would make Connor very forgiving And less vengeful which is character progression to me He stands for freedom And while the U.S wasn't perfect he was hoping they would change for the better and be better then the British I think the cut speech shows this truthfully But unfortunately they cut it Connor isn't the best character but I like him But this is coming from me the guy who loves all the characters and stories of Ac including syndicate and odyssey *If Juno getting killed in A comic really is true I'ma be really pissed that they were lazy and threw that away although since I just recently finished Valhalla something tells me her intelligence allowed her to escape death once more since I recall her speaking to basim* Edit: I get it's cliche to have Connor in so many historical events however Since Connor is Involved so much due to Fighting for freedom and it making sense for those who want Order have templars in high ranking it makes sense for Connor to be in this scenarios In his fight against the templars and they controlling ways

[@hikkikimori]

sorry, but what are you on about saying achilles' hesitation to train connor was never explained. have you played rogue? it is very, clearly, explicitly shown why he would shy away from training anymore assassins.

[@hikkikimori]

ac3 gets some things wrong like every other video game but its writing is not one of them sorry. call it boring, call it meta, but it is nevertheless extremely well-written. someone may not like connor because he is "boring" but he is justified being the way he is, as an example.

[@davidbeer5015]

Some of my views, i wonder if they are impacted by the Remastered version. That said, I disagree with some of these points..and apologies that this is long… Parkour: while streamlined, i have found I still have a fair amount of control over how I move. While they removed the spring button, they allowed using the jump button for “unsafe” jumps, as well as the loot/drop button to simple cancel parkour, much like letting go of sprint in the prior games would do. Cancels/ejects are still there, though they have a much smaller timing window if cancelling a climb (one could argue that it then requires more precision of button inputs?). On just including history..how does this compare to the assassination attempt of the medici, or dealing with the borgias? Idk, Connor being involved in history didn’t bother me, neither did dealing with the borgias, or being amid the crusades, or being one of the most infamous pirates. I actually enjoyed watching how the Templars sought to use the war for their own goals, personally. At that point, Connor had been roped in, and told that by helping the army, he’d help his people, which then becomes tragic when he discovers what will happen in the end. The midnight ride was..probably the one I could do without. Combat..i feel like the slowmo is the biggest thing that could he seen as handholding? Idk, i don’t remember the prior games being much harder in combat. It also helped that AC3 threw in guards that couldn’t be chained or countered without a tool, and enemies could actually attack you mid animation or two at a time. To me, it felt like one of those things that wasn’t much of a “downgrade” as it was “we got better and they didn’t change it up as much to make it harder.” But i also found myself trying to stealth more, with blending, the rope dart, poison darts, and assassin recruit skills. And getting out of combat as quickly as possible if possible. Visuals..on the original, yeah, I’d agree. I can’t say i didn’t enjoy looking at the colonial towns though. With the modern day, while i know some feel like the missions weren’t the point or it lacked mystery, idk. I enjoyed it, as a culmination of what Desmond had been experiencing. The whole point of them taking advantage of the Bleeding Effect was for him to be able to perform in the Modern Day as well. Navigating the Brazil stadium with no hud, and abstergo were such fun for me. I disagree with you saying that finding Charles Lee for revenge as his main motivation, and really Connor in general. This is a common view, and i don’t see how it’s his main goal. He leaves, wanting to protect his village. With the Boston Tea Party, it’s point is to show Connor..maybe not really wanting to kill. He doesn’t want to kill William and shows remorse for it, and he had hope that losing the tea would mess up William’s plans, refusing to listen to Achilles. He underestimates the Templars’ resources. His arc isn’t about seeking revenge. If revenge was his goal, he would’ve wanted to kill Washington, but he was at the point where he recognized that was what the Templars wanted and put that aside, though he did cut ties. And his hunt for Charles Lee at that point is tied more to the fact Lee is, honestly, willing to obliterate everything Connor cares about and constantly puts him down, the difference in his personality being a difference in how he acts with a fellow Englishman vs a Native. With Pitcairn, and really all the Templars, I think too many take their words to heart, and maybe that was a goal due to the whole introduction, but we’re talking about a group that wants to exert control over others. Connor is naive, and not the most eloquent, but given the context of Pitcairn literally just saying “better we hold the strings than someone else,” to which Connor said the strings should be cut, which is in line with some Assassin views. Oddly..i found naval in ac3 more fun than 4. Maybe it was due to not being forced or grindy, but the missions felt more fun, and the chain shot works far better and the grapeshot and heatshot are nice additions. Trading system…yeah, that was not very good. I mainly used it to get my upgrades.

[@davidbeer5015]

On Haytham "outsmarting" Connor on the roof, while he is right on the choosing of Washington, he feels, to me, to be distorting the truth of what the assassins fight for. Yes, assassins fight for peace *through* freedom and free will. With Washington, i pointed on it above, but I feel this would either show Connor's growth, or show that he is *not* hunting for revenge. His anger at Haytham is tied to the fact that Haytham *did* just reveal that he knew the truth and never told Connor until it was convenient. I'm sorry, but I feel like when one focuses on Connor as being revenge filled, they overlook some of his actual character.

[@9ElevenGamer]

I love re-doing things over and over and over and listening to the same dialog while doing so till I perfect a pattern, so I love this game, especially: "Those Cannons are likely to cause trouble" for the 3rd time, all joking aside it's not one to attempt to rush, if you do it'll drive you nuts!

[@KatnipkitkatVODs-dz6xz]

Totally agree, this game was so bad it has put me off from EVER buying another Assassin's Creed game again! Going from the Ezio Trilogy with awesome locations and heights that made me nervous (because of my irl fear of heights) to tiny 2 story houses and the viewpoints being just trees that didn't uncover as much of the map as I expected was a major let down. I was annoyed that all the cool weapon upgrades that Leonardo unlocked for us were just gone. I hated the guns. The horse was practically useless. Having a constant notoriety in the frontier was infuriating. Conner always calling his mentor "old man" in a condescending way was just plain rude. The many times I had to Google something to find out if I was doing it wrong but it ended up turning out to be a bug really irritated me. Despite having no notoriety in the towns and having a group of soldiers try to dog pile you for no reason was total bullshit. I am definitely not a fan of the drastically changed HUD/interface. Playing the historical content that I had to sit through from middle through high school was the epitome of boring. Florence, Tuscany, Venice, Constantinople, Ezio's return to Masyaf looked so nice and had good parkour, then we got garbage houses, trees, and a really bad fast travel tunnel system. smh

[@dupzzy6711]

The things that made this game ugly is bad optimization, even on pc.. The fact it's released on 2012 makes the game more demanding than other games.. Like wtf Ubisoft? Why not optimized it so that people will not use this as a flaw of the game

[@TrvvonxLeonn]

AC3 was amazing imo

[@tylerdunkin8638]

AC3 is my all time favorite but good video man. But now, I need to go play AC3 for the 12th time in my life 😂

[@XxDruidmancerxX]

I'm surprised no one commented on the absolutely broken and rage inducing """stealth""". I love trying to be as sneaky as possible in all AC games, but in this one... oh boy...

[@fredster594]

Like Leo K said "Play Assassin's Creed 3 as a combat game, don't expect greatness when going into AC3's stealth."

[@XxDruidmancerxX]

@@fredster594 oh yeah, and I agree, even if the combat itself becomes stale and repetitive, but the tools are there... and that invites me to try. In the end, I'm the maker of my own frustration lol.

[@fredster594]

@@XxDruidmancerxX I hate to sound like I'm bragging but I believe I'm one of the greatest AC3 stealth players out there. There are many ways to make stealth in AC3 usuable like corner killing, throwing poison darts, using smoke bombs, rope dart, and sometimes luring guards to a trip mine. But even then I still can't get AC3's stealth system to work in my favor because the AI is soo busted. So now I only use stealth during missions with stealth objectives albeit optional or main.

[@XxDruidmancerxX]

@@fredster594 yeah, it's not reliable and it is too unpredictable. Doable. But it requires A LOT of patience (which i dont have anymore,mind you lol)

[@davidbeer5015]

I'm assuming on the original, as when I played the remaster, i didn't really have any big stealth issues.

[@njgaming3322]

The worst part about the game to me is that the story time skips all over the place and just doesn’t feel very coherent, at least Valhalla didn’t throw you around all over the place. And I know AC2 had time skips but they felt a lot more organized and coherent to me

[@LoloLesaoana]

Bro what 😂😒👹🤣🤣🤣😑

[@thisisthenews1254]

I know this video, is abit old, but it does seem like Haytham was gonna originally be the main character, considering we spend hours with him and he's more developed.

[@ryanwood6754]

I bought the game because people kept telling me it's one of the best and last good ac games and I loved the originals (1, 2 and brotherhood) so I bought the remastered on sale. Fuck this game. Horrible locked free running, poor combat and controls, bugs from the start and boring fucking characters

[@balls3289]

spot on, the controls and bugs got so bad for me i have around 100 different clips saved related just to those issues and playing the game was just boring i was mostly playing it for the same reason as in ac1 which was seeing what will happen in the modern times. Thank god the story was pretty short at least

[@Dredfullart]

One of the few things I actually love about AC 3 is the Soundtrack, EPIC!!! But overall it is one of my least favorite of the series. Mainly because if the setting and time period which never really interested me. Still a good game though

[@FakeTwix]

Imagine we would get a new real assassin's Creed game with a real assassin, with a good and historical story, good and fun gameplay, no in-game store and a good optimized PC and console ports. Just imagine how fun this game would be

[@TheSimpleWayOfficial]

For the most of the stuff, I agree with you, mate. However, there are couple of things, which you seem to not appreciate. *The music* was absolutely brilliant, one of the best from the whole series, despite the theme being significantly different from Ezio's Family. *The Mission Structure* was also well-written, "Chasing Charles Lee" is one of the best missions in all AC series in terms of action (let it be known, that it doesn't include almost any fight at all) and intensity. Haytham' story is very good, as well as the writing on his character. The modern story is amazing (soundtrack again - purely awesome cyberpunk style, not seen in other ac game) and the fact that we had 3 missions with Desmond in modern days and they were very well-written too, is another point. (Just to explain, I don't have a problem with him dying, if Ubisoft were able to create an even stronger story to culminate to, so far, I know, it's not really happening) But mostly, I was impressed with the soundtrack. Trust me, I really appreciated these moments when I was taking down the British flag and putting the US one. (Because of the music, I live in the UK 😁)

[@PrinceApollo117]

Wait, people didn’t like this one? The game that acted as my intro to the franchise?

[@bankruptcoffee650]

To say that having modern day missions was never the point isn't really accurate. When we break out of Abstergo in AC 2 Lucy straight up tells us that we aren't just there to find pieces of Eden. We are there because the Assassins lost their skills over the years, and they wanted Desmond to learn it all from Ezio so that they could revive the Assassins properly in the modern day. This always suggested that we would eventually be doing modern day missions as Desmond.

[@bankruptcoffee650]

Oh no, it's definitely not the *most* divisive one... But it is the first divisive one.

[@raghavkhurana5821]

I loved the game.

[@joelentrup6658]

Please make a video on how you would change Assassin’s Creed III!

[@mauricionm2000]

I personally believe Connor is extremely overrated. People say he doesn’t have character. That’s wrong. What I would agree with is that he doesn’t have much expression. Those are different things. But overall AC3 wasn’t a bad game. Overhated in my opinion.

[@IlMemetor72]

He does have character It just sucks

[@GDitto]

If this game had ended on this speech, I could’ve forgiven almost all of the plot contrivances and issues with Connor’s characterisation.

[@hokie7373]

Even when we were playing Templars in the beginning in the mission where you go to Southgaye fort the Templars even though they are Templars have assassins symbols about there head instead of Templar symbols so that’s a great way to hide the fact your working with other Templars

[@JimmyButter911]

I don’t think the reason why I love ac three is because it was one of my first video games I’ve ever played nor that I love the American Revolution, it’s because it’s easy to understand why Conor was with the Americans because they symbolize freedom and liberty like the assassins and the Templar’s agreeing with the English. Also you feel so badass as Conor with the parkour feeling heavy and the combat truly showing that Conor has trained for several years. Yes Conor is bland and boring but the side characters need to have games of there own. Give us a fucking Haitham game please Ubisoft! Speaking of him I loved Conor and haitham missions it’s awkward, funny and intriguing. The outfits are amazing. I don’t understand how someone can like any other outfit more that conors. Altaïr’s as an exception. The outfit has native elements like the eagle, hides, tomahawks and animal claws. But his coat looks like a military coat from the 1770’s. And Conor is a soldier or kind of, and he needs to help is comrades so that’s why he’s at the important events is the war.

[@aidananderson5810]

Think about this though. What could be the reason that Connor didn't have any development? Is it because his story is poorly made, or could it be that it is up for the player to decide whether Connor is the hero or the villian

[@jirkazalabak1514]

He is neither. He is basically just a hitman, who kills whoever someone manipulates him into killing. He has almost no agency, until near the end of the game.

[@IlMemetor72]

I think the writers left or something and the new writers who came in resorted to using AC3s get out of jail free card - the historical contrivances

[@rpgislife]

Wait, hold up, Juno was killed off in a comic?! Then why build her up to be such a huge deal?! That would explain why her story was never followed up on in the games.

[@scarabyt]

Sums up ubisoft's long term storytelling abilities

[@akwilson1676]

They wanted to start with a clean slate after Unity and Syndicate. So everything that happened until that point was finished in the comics, to introduce a new plot line about Layla Hassan.

[@IlMemetor72]

Yep was killed off in a comic lol

[@danjc9783]

@@akwilson1676 but that should have happened in the games. Not everyone reads comics and won’t have known that, me for one. I haven’t played any AC games after 3 and am currently playing them again since they were first released, actually just finished 3 and doing the DLC but really disappointed to hear she gets killed off in a comic. Is it even at least mentioned in the games? If not really shit of them to have a storyline over 5 games that people have invested their time in to not actually be concluded in the games.

[@akwilson1676]

@@danjc9783 Yeah I wasn't defending them. Just stating that they wanted to start a new story. And it sucks ass. Should have finished that Juno plotline.

[@mustafaa945]

I'll watch this when i get the chance, but i can already tell this video will be great.

[@MrKingJson]

They really oughta reboot these games starting from 3. There was soo much about 3 that I never understood and saw sooo much potential.

[@ImmaPandaRawr]

Overall I mostly enjoyed AC3 and liked the setting. I didn’t find Connor to be a bad character but the last few sequences sucked ass. I hated, HATED the way it ended. Maybe it’s just me but it felt rushed and stupid. Not to mention the massive plot armor for Connor and the Templars. I swear I was yelling at my TV, just stab the asshole already! Charles Lee assassination was a let down. Toward the end nothing felt meaningful or satisfactory. That was my biggest disappointment. It sucks too because the game felt pretty good up until that point.

[@GOLFWANG_WANGAA]

I feel like you've never actually played this, this video feels like it's based on what you've heard and seen.

[@scarabyt]

I've played assassin's creed iii 14 times

[@lilybarr6202]

Ac III is my favourite :D

[@n1lknarf]

You can all hate ubisoft but it's the only company creating in depth time capsules; they're the only ones trying to preserve human history as fair as possible.

[@kvngmessiah7769]

I gotta disagree this was my favorite assassins creed game

[@cameron9359]

The Game ain’t perfect but it’s my favorite time period story and I’m not huge on all the ship stuff after this game in black flag and onwards (for the record I did like it and found it cool and well done but it was forced to often for my liking) so flaws and all it’s my favorite AC to play and I have played it through many times. just because the revolutionary war id my favorite historical war to follow forced or not and how much I liked Conors father Hatham storyline , he’s the best character in any AC game villain, And Conners skills as Native American and the tree climbing was badass!

[@theomegapyrope9715]

deadass rogue was mainly justifying why achilles is a distrusting guy in AC3

[@silenthound8116]

I definetly agree with the sentiment that III was unfinished and undercooked in the way it forecasted all you did in the game being just good enough to what you saw in the trailer. But I have always said since IV, "Blackflag is everything that III wished it could be." From the Naval Combat being more intuitive and exciting,, (the biggest offender), to the freerunnning through carribean ports being so much more invigorating than the jumbled landscape of trees the American forests had to boast. These were things that III missed the mark by miles, but at the time had nothing to compare to so we just swallowed it and played the damned thing.

[@redhood7778]

The modern day ending was rushed

[@Snacks256]

There's plenty to be said about the stupid story and awful side content (how is walking up to a random guy and pressing the stab button an "assassination contract?"), but the main story missions are so bad. Some of them have as much depth as the Companion Missions from Unity. Watch a cutscene, run 200m, stab some guy, loot his body, watch another cutscene." Awful.